The pressure of having his team slide down the Western Conference standings appears to be getting to L.A. Kings GM Dean Lombardi.

Lombardi publicly called into question the credibility of NHL executive Mike Murphy for ruling twice against L.A. upon video review as the Kings slide to a 2-12-0 record and down to 12th place.

“When the guy in Toronto making the decisions on the goals, in Ottawa and the one tonight, wanted the G.M.’s job in L.A. and was not happy about not getting it, you have to assume you are going to get those type of calls,’ ” Lombardi said after the game.

Murphy, when contacted by the Star, said in an email: “Respectfully, I’m not making any comments.”

The Kings quickly protested that it was a high stick, but after a five-minute review, the goal held up.

Murphy, the NHL’s senior vice president of hockey operations, and the head of the group in Toronto that reviews goals, told TV crews covering the game there was no conclusive replay that would have overturned the goal. Murphy added all four on-ice officials agreed that the goal should count.

The other goal that riled the Kings occurred in a Nov. 22 game against the Senators in Ottawa, in which on-ice officials waved off Ryan Smyth’s potential game-tying goal, with three seconds remaining in the third period, and the video review crew in Toronto did not rule it a good goal.

Murphy, a former NHL winger, played nine seasons for the Kings in the 1970s and 80s, then served as an assistant coach and head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs for parts of two seasons in the late 80s.

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